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Social Security Disability
Social Security Disability
Congress Wants to Improve Service at Social Security
August 16, 2018
The wait for a Social Security disability decision has been excessively long for some time, but recently it has hit an all-time high. Data for the current fiscal year shows that applicants with cases at the Chicago hearing office wait, on average, 573 days from the time they request a hearing until a decision is
Going Back to Work Does Not Always Mean The End Of Your Disability Case
July 19, 2018
This is a situation that occurs from time to time at our office: a client leaves us an overnight voicemail message telling us that they are going back to work and they are dropping their claim for Social Security disability benefits. “This is a mistake for several reasons,” Nash Attorney Dan Rosen says. “It is
Supreme Court to Decide if Vocational Experts Must Show Their Work in Disability Cases
July 10, 2018
Last month, the nation’s highest court agreed to decide whether a vocational expert at a Social Security Disability hearing must provide evidence to prove that other jobs are available to an applicant for benefits. Often, a vocational expert is present in the hearing room when a Social Security Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) hears an appeal
Will Your Disability Case Pass the Sniff Test?
June 13, 2018
Admit it. At some time or other in your life, you sniffed an item of clothing you previously wore to see if it was okay to wear again, or sniffed that aging carton of milk in the fridge to see if it was still drinkable. We also do that with stories we are told—“sniffing” them
